Three astronauts, including the first Chinese civilian to go to space, will spend six months on the Tiangong.China has ...

The three astronauts of China's Shenzhou 16 mission returned to Earth on Monday (Oct. 30) after completing a five-month stint aboard the country's space station. Astronauts Jing Haipeng (the ...

JIUQUAN, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Shenzhou-16 crew consisting of three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth safely on Tuesday, after completing a five-month space station mission. Shenzhou-16's ...

China sent a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday, in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-17 blasted off ...

China has been gaining rapid pace when it comes to space missions, from sending astronauts into orbit to probes on other planets, Beijing is ramping up its development of space infrastructure.

China's human spaceflight agency recently released footage of the crewmembers as they ate and exercised. The astronauts also ...

China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts landed safely on Earth this week despite an apparent hole appearing in their return capsule's parachute. China Central Television (CCTV) aired video of the descent ...

Photographs – taken by a Shenzhou 16 astronaut from a few hundred metres above the structure – show its three modules, giant ...

What it is: China's Tiangong space station. When it was taken: Oct. 30, 2023. Where it is: Low-Earth orbit, between 210 and ...

China launched a fresh three-man crew to the Tiangong space station Thursday morning to replace three other "taikonauts" who are wrapping up a six-month stay in orbit. Strapped into their Shenzhou 17 ...

China released new pictures of its Tiangong space station Tuesday as Chinese astronauts and space officials made a public ...